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riz up and looked, at me. I seen the fish was angry, and, as 

 there ain't anythin' much more desprit than a mad fish, I 

 ducked. I was just in time, for the fish leaped out of the 

 water and straight at me. He'd 'a' speared me sure if it 

 hadn't been f er that duck of mine. As it was, he went clean 

 over me and landed in a pool in the hollow of the rocks be- 

 hind me, where there was a considerable pond of water. 

 He couldn't get out, and he's there yet. Him and me is fast 

 friends now, and I go down twicet a week and feed him.' 

 " ' How long ago was that ? ' 

 " ' It was seventeen year ago.' 

 " ' The fish must be quite large by this time.' 

 " ' Oh,' said Hance, ' not so much ! Last time I put the 

 tape on him he was only twenty-seven feet long. He ain't 

 got his full growth yit." 



